Filmvorführung

This year, participants in the Grafenegg Academy can look forward to an extraordinary project: together with one of today’s most renowned composers, they will work on the world premiere of a new piece. In addition, they will have the opportunity to reflect on the significance of art and its place in society in discussions, excursions and lectures with experts from various fields.

Starting point is the personal story of Mollena Lee Williams-Haas: in an autobiographical text, the actress, author, performer and activist describes her difficult journey from a self-destructive alcohol addiction to abstinence. Her inner demon appears in personified form as a hyena. Her husband, Georg Friedrich Haas, Composer in Residence in Grafenegg in 2022, wrote the captivating music for this narrative. In 2016, a deeply impressed Wien Modern audience experienced the world premiere of «Hyena».

The film version of this piece (2021, Direction: Jack Perez) forms the first part of a day focusing on the multi-layered soundscapes of Georg Friedrich Haas.